Gate



W. E. WHITE.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2B, 1917. 1,352,233, PatentedSept. 7, 1920.

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l V om W a Al l I SUN m w h w W Jh f\ l t t Q @fw i l l I w yUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM EUGIN WHITE, OF MANOR, TEXAS.

GATE.

Application iiled March 28, 1917.

lie it known that I, IIIIIILIIIIII IIIIIIN \\'III'III. :I ruimen oi the United States. re` sidiuq' :It .Ianor` in thz vouuty oi' 'travis and Stato ol Texas, hare invented certain usol'ui llnproronuults iII Mates, of IvIIiIIlI the Iollmving is :I .L-:peI-.ilivul'jioru Iolel'euoe being" had IlIoroiII to IIIe ooIIunpanyiug drawing.

'Ille present iniA ention roiatos to gates` and. has more {.IrII'IiI'ular III'I-ronf'e to :I gale and un opl-rohen' IIIIAIIlIzIui-Iu therefor adapted to III- manually I-ontI-olled in :Ipprosuhing nud iwlrilfl' liu' gain la upon :and I'loso the fann Il is :In ohiII-l oi the present invention lo proI Ido a gute strufluro o?" Ibis nature II'IIiIh is simple in IonstI'IlI-tiou. .JIIII'II nnIIv be easily :Ind eoononiically erected. and one 'which may he operated `without the exercise III" skill or o'l' undue amount ol' prtslsure on the operating levers.

The invention .still 'further :Iinis :Itlhe provision oi' au in'IproIod IzItI'lI l'or holding the gute in vlosod position. and which may III: readily actuated for releasing and Vfor securing the gate.

The above, and other ohjerts and advantages of this invei'itiou, will he more particularly brought out in the following de tailed dwrripti-In ol' the in'esont preferred i-Inliodiiueui nl Ihis inwntion. the suine han ing illustrated in the au'ooinpanying luluings. Ivlureii'i:

Figure l is a side elevation oi' the gato and its` meohanism;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direetion of the arrows and showing the gate latehed.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the gate and its operating mechanism, parts ol the mechanism boing shown in section.

Fig. 4 is :I longitudinal section taken eenk trally tlIrougl'I the gate mechanism, showin the gate in open position.

Referring to these drawings.y wherein like parte are designated by simil `t' numerals of reference throughout the several viewsj 10 and 11 designate spaeedapart gateliiosts post 11 being preferably the hinged post, or the post arranged at the fixed end of the gate. A Cross piece 12 joins the upper end of the posts 10 and 11. to brace the same and provide a substantial gate-inolosing frame. A base 13 joins the lower ends of the posts 10 and 11. and provides a. pivotal support for a .rotating hinge-stile 16 forming the inner Speeieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 13224).

Serial No. 157.977.

ond oi the gato, the stilo lI being preferably in the forni oll a. shalt whioh projII-ls upwardly through, and has |Y lering in the I'I'oes piece l2.

cross arm IT is fixed upon the upper ond of the stile I6 and` when tho gate 1R is in closed position, extends longitudinally ol' the gato-operating stI'uI-turo. Thegato IS may he oi any approved torni and extends, when I'Iosod. to :I point adjaoent to the IIItI'h post IU, The lzItIh post lll is provided with a laiih lf). the same vompristine :I pair o' hars arranged in sllhstantially parallel relation and havingh their inner ends heul.. abruptly upward :It :II-nto :Ingles to provide a double Iatoh nose 2U ior engage` ment againsttho opposite sides oi' the gate 1H to hold the latter VE'Ioln swinging in either direction. The upturned ends of the arms are rolled over at their upper ends to provide pivot eyes 2l through which a pivot pin 22 is adapted to pass for rigidly supporting the arms 19. The pin 22 is Secured through the latch post 1U and the ejv'es4 21 are mounted upon the opposite ends oi' the pin. The outer extremities 0i' the arms 19 are preferably connected together by a bloelr or oross piece 2?), and whioh may he further rioined 'together by a shit'table transverse bar 211 adapted to he moved longitudinally on the arms4 lil toward and from the block 2H. 1^. weight 25 is suitably suspended upon the har 24 for yieldingly holding the lateh 1.9 in. depressed position7 and in engagement with the gate 18.

The invention provides improved means for first operating the latch 19 to release it from the gate, and to subsequently swing the gate 18 in the desired direction. This means comprises pairs of posts 26 arranged at the opposite sides of the gate frame and being connected to ether at their upper ends by cross bars 27. laeh cross bar 2T carries intermediate its ends an upwardly opening fork 28 in which is pivotally mounted, on a pin 29, an operating lever 30, the long arm of the lever projecting outwardly from the fork 28 away from the gate 18.

The outer end of each lever 30 is provided with a depending preferably flexible member carrying a handle 31 upon its lower end in easy reach of a person approachin either side of the gate 18. The inner en or short arm of each lever 30 is provided with a cable 32 which is extended inwardly toward the cross piece 12 of the gate frame and is carried over a pulley 2525 mounted in a bleek 44 supported at the side ol' a standard lo whuh projects upwardly 'from an intermediate portion olI the brace l2. The cable l2 is carried laterally lroln the pulley lil and is seeured to the atljaeent end ot the cross arni 1.7. 'lhus` one lever 3l) is oonneeted 1o one end olv the eross arIn li", and the opposite lever Ill) is conneeted to the opY posite end ol' said cross arm.

rl`he latch lll is provided with a pair el cables 4G whirh extend upwardly l'roin the outer end of the lateh and pass over rollers al? niounted upon the upper end of the post it), the eables -tG heilig carried inwardly to the standard 45 and passing over pulleys 4H niounted in the bloelrg 44. The cables lll are secured at their opposite ends to the ends oi' the eahles 252 and earh pair ol cables i-onsisting of a cable 52 and a calde flo has` a sliding engagement with that end of the trier 2h with which they ronnert li' desired`r the suppiiirting i'ranu's lor the evers 5U niay be connected to the gate traine hy hmgitudinally extending beams` all to pxoride a substantially rigid structure.

ln the operation ot the in\,=entioin when a person approaches one side of the gate 1.8 and .desires to pass through the gate it is only necessary for the person to grasp the handle 3l on that side of the gate and to pull down upon the same. This swings the inner end ol. the lever 30 upward and ereates tension on both the cables 46 and 32. The tension on the cable 32 tends to open the gate and the tension on the eahle 4G tends to raise the latch lll. The gate, howr ever. cannot be opened because oly the ohl strur'tion interposed hy th(l latrh. Theren fore` if the downward pull on the handle 3l is continued the cable 46 will slide through the end of thc lever 3l), thus increasing the length ol the eahle 32 to cornpensate the salue l'or the raising ol' the leier. lut such nioveinent oll the cable A1G shortens the latter with the upward 1novenient oll llulever 2i() with the result that the latch l) is raised until its nose 2H is l'reed Vroni lle, gale and voulai-is with th:A stop pin set in the post IU. 'l`l'1erea'l'ter the caliles slide in the opposite direetion through the lever itt the cable 4G lengthening and the eahle l2 shortening and the gate being swung to the open position. After the person has passed through the gate, he may then close the saine by the lever and handle on the opposite side, the pulling down o'll the handle on that side ot the gate aller-,ting the reverse olV the operation rerited above l'or they opening oil' the gate.

llai'iug thus deserihed my inrentioin what l rlaim is:

ln a gate. the roinliirmtion with a gate Huhu ielutulilihiugv stili idioti-l wrtii'ally in the trarne and f'arrying a vross arni at its upper end` a gate earried by said hinge stile. a lever vertically7 mounted at one lside of the gate frame, a latch carried by the` gate frame Ylor engagement with the gate, and a Cable connected with the latch and passing to the lever and from the said lever to the cross arm, the said cable having u slidingsengagement with the lever where by in the opening of the gate the latch is caused lirst to disengage the gate and the gale thereafter swung to open position.

ln testimony whereof l herehy afiix my signature.

WILLI AM EUGIN W l'llTll.

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